Apron



S. l. ESTES Feb. 24, 1931.

APRON Filed Dec.

Inventor fem Attorney Patented Fel). 24, 1931 UNITEB srares SOPHRONIA ISABELLA ESTES, OF' MIAMI, FLORIDA Arnon Application led December 31, 1929. `Serial No. 417,720.

' This invention relates to an article of wearing apparel and has particular reference to an apron to be worn by ladies beneath the slip or petticoat and the dress.

The apron is especially adapted for use as a shield to protect the slip and dress of the wearer against the deteriorating effects of perspiration, and will further aid in the prevention of the dress and slip sticking tothe 1o body or becoming caught in the crotch, as is often the case when one rises from a seated position and which, as is appreciated, presents an embarrassing and unsightly appearance. It also serves as a sanitary and a shadow proof apron, and it obscures the form of the pelvic parts of the body.

The invention coinprehends an apron especially adapted for the purpose above mentioned, which is suitably weighted so that the wearer arising from a seated to a standing position the apron will swing outwardly, thus leaving the slip and dress in aneat and smooth position out of contact with the body.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent upon a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

n Figure 1 is a plan view of an apron embodying the features of the present invention and looking at the apron toward that side neXt to the wearer.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Figure l,

Figure 3 is a similar View taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Vith reference more in detail to the drawings, it will be seen that my improved apron may be formed of any suitable material of 40 suitable length and width and is designated generally by the reference character 5. Stitched to the apron 5 along the opposite sides thereof inwardly from the marginal edge of the apron is a stiffening strip of tape 6.

Stitched to the upper edge of the apron 5 is a body band or girdle 7, which girdle 7 eX- tends about thewaist of the wearer and the y apron 5 depends therefrom across the back 5 and crotch of the wearer. Additional securing tapes 8 extend from opposite sides of the apron 5 adjacent the upper end of the apron, and these strips 8 extend across the hips of the wearer and at their free ends may be secured-together preferably at the side of the wearer.

in this connection also the free end of the supporting girdle 7 may also be tied or otherwise secured together at the sides of the wearer thus preventing any bunching or unsightly appearance at the front of the wearer.

A relatively small sack 9 has disposed therein a suitable weight 10, and at its upper end, the sack 9 is stitched as at 11 to the apron 5 inwardly from the longitudinal edges of the apron below the transverse centre line of the apron. l

fis shown to advantage in'- Figure 1, ob-

viously being stitched in this mannerthe sack` 1s adapted to swingfo'r a purpose to be hereinafter made manifest.'

Extending along the lower or bottom edge of the apron and also the lower corners of the apron is a second weightstrip designated generally by the reference character 12. The weight strip 12 comprises a suitable elongated strip 13 of suitable fabric stitched along its opposite longitudinal edges to the lowermost portion of a second strip 14 of a lengthv equal in length to the length ofthe strip 13 but of a greater width than the stripl as shown tov advantage in Figure 3. V

The strips13 and Mboth stitched together form an elongated tube adapted for the reception of. aplurality of spaced weights l5, and the upper longitudinal free edgeof the outer strip 14 is stitched as at16 to the lower edge portion of the apron 5 inwardly from the marginal edgeof the apron, theV tube or weight strip 12 being so stitchedas to conform to theA lower edge and lowermo'st corners of the apron 5 as shown to Vadvantage in Figure I. 1

Thus it will be seen that also the weight strip 12 is adapted for swinging movementin the saine manner as the weight sack 9. v

It maybe also noted that the girdle or supporting lwaist band 7' may be made of two or f more plies stitched together along theirY 1on-` gitudinal edges by stitching 17 and 18 respecsack 9 the weight will fall towardthe body while the wearer is walking and away from the'body upon the rising of the wearer from a sitting to a standing position.

The weight strip l2 along the lower edge of the apron will 'fall outwardly away from the body when the wearer arises thus pulling the skirt or nether garment from the body should the skirtV or nether garment be caught vor stuck to the body as may be occasioned by perspiration.

Thus the first pull exerted upon the apron will come from the lower weight 12 while the weightin the sack 9 or the upper weight gives the second pull, and thus the weight in the lower edge and in the intermediate portion of the apron will coact to always move the apron away from the body when the wearer rises and consequently the clothing or nether garments of the wearer will ikewise be moved away from the body and the danger of the clothing becoming stuck to the body or caught in the crotch of the wearer will be eliminated.

When wearing an apron of this character, as will be appreciated from the above, the wearerV will have the assurance that her clothing will at all times 'fall free from her form no matter how long she may have remained seated or how much she may have perspired. Preferably the apron is to be worn over the conventional corset or girdle and under the dress slip, thus the apron acts as a shield to prevent contact of the outer garment with the body, and the material of which the apron is made will be such that the apron will be shadowprooi, and the material ot the apron may also be of such a nature as to utilize the apron for sanitary purposes.

As shown in the drawings, the apron gradually tapers toward its upper end and to accomplish this tapering of the apron, the same adjacent its upper'end may be gathered, such gathering of the apron being accomplished by providing suitable pleats, as suggested 0r in any other desired manner. This particular feature ci the apron is, ot course, optional.

It is believed that troni the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accom panying drawings, a clear understanding ol the operation, utility and advantages of an invention otthis character will be had by weight in said sack, and a weight strip swingably secured to the apron and extending along the lower edge of said apron.

In testimony whereof aiiiX my signature.

SOPHRONIA ISABELLA ESTES.

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